1 João 5
Adam Clarke · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 João 5:2
Clarke - Our love of God's followers is a proof that we love God. Our love to God is the cause why we love his children, and our keeping the commandments of God is the proof that we love him. We know (1097)(ginosko) refers to knowledge gained by experience, a knowing intimately and not just intellectually. For example, John uses ginosko to describe those who refused to believe in Jesus writing "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him." (Jn 1:10, see context Jn 1:11-13) After most of the followers departed from Jesus in Jn 6:66, Jesus confronted the twelve disciples asking "You do not want to go away also, do you?" (Jn 6:67) to which Peter replied "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. And we have believed and have come to know (ginosko) that You are the Holy One of God." (Jn 6:68-69) Notice that John links believing in Jesus with knowing Him. John writes "the world does not know (ginosko) us, because it did not know (ginosko) Him." (1Jn 3:1) GINOSKO IN FIRST JOHN - 1 Jn. 2:3; 1 Jn. 2:4; 1 Jn. 2:5; 1 Jn. 2:13; 1 Jn. 2:14; 1 Jn. 2:18; 1 Jn. 2:29; 1 Jn. 3:1; 1 Jn. 3:6; 1 Jn. 3:16; 1 Jn. 3:19; 1 Jn. 3:20; 1 Jn. 3:24; 1 Jn. 4:2; 1 Jn. 4:6; 1 Jn. 4:7; 1 Jn. 4:8; 1 Jn. 4:13; 1 Jn. 4:16; 1 Jn. 5:2; 1 Jn. 5:20; 2 Jn. 1:1 Love (25)(agapao) means to love unconditionally and sacrificially as God Himself loves sinful men (John 3:16), the way He loves the Son (John 3:35, 15:9, 17:23, 24). Note that agapao is a verb and by its verbal nature calls for action. This quality of love is not an emotion but is an action initiated by a volitional choice."expresses the purest, noblest form of love, which is volitionally driven, not motivated by superficial appearance, emotional attraction, or sentimental relationship." (John Macarthur) Vine writes that "Love can be known only from the actions it prompts. God’s love is seen in the gift of His Son, 1 John 4:9, 10. But obviously this is not the love of complacency, or affection, that is, it was not drawn out by any excellency in its objects, Ro 5:8. It was an exercise of the divine will in deliberate choice, made without assignable cause save that which lies in the nature of God Himself." (Collected Writings)
1 João 5:12
Clarke - It is vain to expect eternal glory, if we have not Christ in our heart. The indwelling Christ gives both a title to it, and a meetness for it. This is God’s record. Let no man deceive himself here. An indwelling Christ and GLORY; no indwelling Christ, NO glory. God’s record must stand. Hiebert - The full title “the Son of God” now spells out the true identity of the one whom the unbeliever is spurning. He is the very embodiment of “the life” that the unbeliever needs. In the preceding statement John places the articular designation “the life” after the verb; now “the life” is placed emphatically before the verb, making prominent the life which is beyond the grasp of the one who does not have the Son. Without Him he is spiritually dead. It is a sober message to realize that this sad assertion brings us to the close of the main body of the epistle. But, as Smalley notes, “a practical call to decision is also implicit. Life-giving faith is possible, and therefore it should be exercised and maintained!” NO SON, NO LIFE! KNOW SON, KNOW LIFE! He who does not have (echo - present tense) the Son of God (ou - absolutely) does not have (echo - present tense) the life (zoe) - To reject God’s testimony about His Son is to reject the eternal life offered only through the Son and rejecting the Son brings God’s eternal death and wrath (John 3:36+).John could not have been more clear regarding the only way to obtain spiritual life. C H